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Campus & Community

Inaugural ‘Positions of Dissent’ symposium lecture is Sept. 20

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Helen Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of History emerita at Smith College, will give the inaugural lecture in the library’s Ray Smith Symposium, “Positions of Dissent,” on Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons on the…

Campus & Community

Syracuse University publishes Copyright Guide

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Syracuse University has published “Using Copyrighted Works in Teaching: A Guide for Syracuse University Faculty” to provide recommendations and best practices to assist SU faculty members, teaching assistants, online course administrators, librarians and others in making legal use of copyright-protected…

Campus & Community

Colleen Bench appointed assistant vice president for student affairs

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Colleen O’Connor Bench has been appointed assistant vice president for the Division of Student Affairs (DSA). Bench joined the University in 1991 and became director of the Parents Office in 1993, where she has managed the administrative, financial and operational…

STEM

ISchool student awarded scholarship to cloud computing conference

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Cloud computing has expanded into a useful resource for businesses to collaborate, store information and create programs to improve their organizations. At the School of Information Studies (iSchool), students, faculty members and entrepreneurs work closely together to both understand these…

Health & Society

National Children’s Mental Health Summit to be held Sept. 27-29 in Syracuse

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Michele Barrett

Trauma, psychiatric medications, family therapy, nutrition and systems reform are a sampling of the topics experts from across the country will discuss at the Children’s Mental Health Summit, September 27-29 in Syracuse. It’s About Childhood & Family, Inc., along with…

Campus & Community

SU in the News: Monday, September 10

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

SU NEWS AND EVENTS COVERAGE In a new opinion piece for The Huffington Post, Chancellor Cantor writes about the challenges facing higher education and how institutions should take an “outside-in” approach in determining what students and families, the public and…

Campus & Community

National Children’s Mental Health Summit Sept. 27-29 in Syracuse

Monday, September 10, 2012, By News Staff

Trauma, psychiatric medications, family therapy,nutrition and systems reform are a sampling of topics experts from
across the country will discuss at the Children’s Mental Health Summit, Sept. 27-29 in Syracuse.

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A with political speech expert Amos Kiewe

Monday, September 10, 2012, By Cyndi Moritz

Amos Kiewe, professor and department chair of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and an expert in political rhetoric, answers a few questions on speeches at the just-concluded political conventions. Q:How do you think the two nominees did in their convention speeches?…

Campus & Community

Former professor Anna Gorbatsevich dies; funeral Friday at 5 p.m.

Friday, September 7, 2012, By News Staff

Former Russian language and literature Professor Anna Vasilevna Gorbatsevich passed away on Thursday morning on Sept.8. Funeral services will be today at 5 p.m. atSt. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church – The church service is at St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church, 607 Tecumseh…

Arts & Culture

Faculty, staff have advance opportunity to buy One World concert tickets

Friday, September 7, 2012, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

SU faculty and staff will have an advance opportunity to purchase tickets for the upcoming One World concert. This advance sale opportunity will be online only beginning Saturday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m. EDT. Prices range from $35-$55, with a…